August 9 –
Antonio Scopelliti, the prosecutor scheduled to argue the government’s case in the final appeal of the
Maxi Trial before the Italian Supreme Court, is assassinated while on vacation in
Calabria.
August 29 –
Libero Grassi, a Palermo businessman who publicly defied
the Mafia’s extortion racket is murdered in
Palermo.
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